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Tizziana Baldenebro will lead the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation as its next executive director

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The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF)’s search for a new organizational leader has culminated in the appointment of Tizziana Baldenebro as its next executive director following a national search that began this fall. Baldenebro was, along with other members of SPACES , most recently a co-curator of last year’s U.S.

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Jenny Holzer restages 1989 projection piece at the Guggenheim in New York City

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The installation celebrates her innovative text-based art alongside pieces from the early 70s to today that were included in the museum's new Light Line exhibition. Guggenheim Foundation, New York "Developed in close collaboration with the artist and her studio, the new sign was the subject of an ambitious research project.

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HawkinsBrown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys' School

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Founded in 1866, the Central Foundation Boys' School features a selection of historic buildings, such as a chapel that the studio converted into arts-focused teaching spaces. The school buildings surround the courtyard Among the adapted buildings is a chapel, which HawkinsBrown has converted into a creative arts centre.

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News: Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

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The SOM Foundation has announced two teams of academics as the winners of its 2023 Research Prize. The Prize is open to any faculty currently teaching at accredited degree programs in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering in the United States.

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JKMM Architects adds timber art hall to Tammisaari old town

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Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. JKMM Architects designed the Chappe Art House "Chappe is a place for encounters and encountering art," JKMM Architects founding partner Asmo Jaaksi told Dezeen.

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Trailblazing architect and inclusion advocate Beverly Willis passes away at 95

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The founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation leaves behind a legacy of wide-reaching philanthropic efforts, espousing throughout her career the position of women in the architectural and engineering trades. She was 95.

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Westlake University by HENN

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Established in 2018, Westlake University is a new type of research university, a first in the history of modern China, funded through the Westlake Education Foundation. The School of Life Science, the School of Science and the School of Engineering are housed in separate buildings.